When1: 510
When2: 520
Who: Boethius
What: philosopher
Where: Rome, Italy
works\ Consolation of Philosophy [510 to 520]
Detail: He lived 480 to 526, served under King Theodoric, was Neo-Platonist, and stressed Stoic morality. He wrote textbooks on four subjects {quadrivium}: geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and music. Events can be necessary or only conditionally necessary. God will punish vice. God is omnipotent and eternal. Eternity is simultaneous knowledge of all life.
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